Retention strategies are urgently needed as graduate employment has weakened in recent years, an inquiry into insecure work has been told. By Linda Belardi. The Queensland nurses’ union has called for urgent stimulus funding to secure employment for thousands of ...

Nurses continue their industrial action in protracted dispute with the Victorian government. Nurses have defied Federal Court orders to cease all unprotected industrial action, vowing to continue work stoppages at 15 hospitals across the state. Secretary of the Australian Nursing ...

Agency calls for HIV, TB aid for Burma Staff from the global aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will be visiting Australia this month to petition the federal government to provide additional support for HIV and TB programs in Burma. ...

Union petition to force re-entry fees debate The NSW Nurses’ Association is petitioning the NSW Parliament to help fund the cost of the $10,000 re-entry program for nurses seeking to return to the workforce. The union is hoping to obtain ...

Initial results from ongoing research show families and friends are adept at providing care, but that doesn’t mean they don’t need support. By Darragh O Keeffe. The majority of Australians may spend their final days in hospitals, hospices or residential ...

Male interest in complementary medicines while receiving conventional cancer treatment is growing, new research has found. By Linda Belardi. Men with cancer are increasingly turning to complementary and alternative medicine –with one in two using therapies such as dietary supplements ...

New research estimates around 46,500 nurses and midwives in Australia and New Zealand engage in harmful drinking. By Linda Belardi. Nurses working long hours are drinking harmful amounts of alcohol, a new study shows, prompting calls for workplace intervention programs ...

Calls for a universal dental health plan gain momentum with the release of the National Dental Health Review yesterday. The Australian Greens are hopeful a new report will convince the government to commit to a universal dental health plan in ...

More advice and support on child health and parenting has been welcomed by Queensland doctors and mums. A Liberal National Party Queensland government would spend $92 million on a new Queensland maternal and child health service. LNP leader Campbell Newman ...

Victorian hospitals are seeking to halt the ANF’s rolling work stoppages with an application to the Federal Court today. The nurses' dispute worsens today with the four-hour stoppages spreading to three more hospitals - The Alfred, Sunshine and Latrobe Regional ...